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Issue: Vol. 4894 No. 2: 9 Dec. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-12-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.2.6
Page range: 269–277
Abstract views: 89
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Four new species of the genus Pseudosubhimalus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent

Division of Entomology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.
Division of Entomology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.
Division of Entomology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.
Division of Entomology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.
Division of Entomology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.
Hemiptera Leafhoppers Athysanini morphology identification

Abstract

Four new species of leafhoppers, Pseudosubhimalus asymmetricus sp. nov. (Himachal Pradesh: Katrain), P. dalangensis sp. nov. (Himachal Pradesh: Dalang), P. katraini sp. nov. (Himachal Pradesh: Katrain), P. lachungensis sp. nov. (Sikkim: Lachung), are described from the Indian subcontinent. A checklist and key to the species of Pseudosubhimalus are provided.

 

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